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Wednesday on BPR, live from the BPL:
Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem
Larry Lessig, founder of Equal Citizens
Ask the Mayor with Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, 12:00-1:00 pm
Recent segments
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It's Polka Friday At Boston Public Radio
It’s Polka Friday at Boston Public Radio! Master accordionists Marié Abe and Ralph Tufo faced off in honor of this weekend’s Squeezebox Slam in Davis… -
Any Parent Could Tell You Exactly What Texas Police Officer Eric Casebolt Did Wrong
Eric Casebolt—a police officer in McKinney, Texas—was caught on video earlier this week chasing and waving his gun at a group of young African American… -
American Pharoah Captures The Triple Crown (And American Hearts)
Last week, a 3 year old colt named American Pharoah leapt across the finish line at Belmont, clinching the win and also, in the process, the elusive… -
A Very Moving News Quiz
Are you currently standing in your kitchen staring at half-empty cabinets with despair? Are there individually wrapped plates and tumblers strewn around… -
Juliette Kayyem On Appeals Court Immigration Decision: 'This Is Outrageous'
Yesterday, a federal appeals court upheld a hold on President Obama’s executive action to delay deportation for millions of undocumented immigrants.… -
Ivan & Alyosha Perform Live On Boston Public Radio
If you’re a fan of folk-pop indie rock bands, we have something here for you. If you don’t like folk-pop indie rock bands, but like Dostoyevsky and “The…
Listen to previous shows
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Best Of BPR 6/03: Carol Rose On 1,500 People Deported From Mass & Lee Pelton On Higher Ed Attacks
Today:Carol Rose, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, discusses the impacts of federal immigration actions in the state -- including the detainment of an 18 year old.Lee Pelton, president and CEO of the Boston Foundation, former president of Emerson College, discusses the state of higher education. -
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BPR Full Show 6/02: Hello, Western Mass.
We open the lines on the state of immigration raids in Massachusetts. Over the weekend, an 18-year-old in Milford was detained by ICE.Michael Curry of the NAACP and Mass League of Community Health Centers discusses the state of police reform five years after George Floyd's murder and why state Democrats are warning of harm to the health care system under Trump's budget proposal.UN humanitarian aid worker Olga Cherevko zooms in to discuss the latest conditions in Gaza.Boston Globe business columnist Shirley Leung continues our Market Basket coverage and gets into the finances behind the Boston mayoral race.Food policy analyst Corby Kummer discusses the FDA failing to publicize a major e. coli outbreak and a wine critic's dispatch from the Trump Winery in Charlottesville, Virginia. -
Best Of BPR 6/02: US-Backed Aid To Gaza Is Not 'In Any Way Helpful' & The Nationwide 'Blacklash'
Today:Olga Cherevko of the United Nations office for coordination of humanitarian aid describes the state of hunger, destruction and despair in Gaza.Michael Curry, head of the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers and a member of the NAACP board of directors, discusses impacts of proposed Medicaid cuts in the GOP budget and the rollback of diversity and police reform initiatives nationwide.
